Schmango
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Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class · 420 pts
Sydney NSW 2063, Australia
Member since Jun 2014
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Age 48
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It works ! Water testI’m thrilled with how this came out . It runs perfectly . 29t 550 Motor was only warm to touch - I got about 15 min run time with an 8.6v 5000 mah . Skips along at just the right speed - nothing crazy , just f…
+4♥ 15 likesPainting and detailsThat’s pretty much it - next is water test . Getting the motor balanced and centered is always a pain for me . I can never get it right . Any advice is welcome
+2♥ 15 likesTransfer stickersPossibly the most delicate part of the build so far - applying nearly 60yo decals . No surprise they were incredibly fragile and came apart . I think I’m going to keep them though for authenticity even though …
♥ 15 likesSanding fairing painting4 coats of epoxy , sanding each time to remove low spots has taken me ages ! Finally into some painting to make the boat start looking nice. Of course once painting I can see some small sanding marks that need…
♥ 15 likesRe: build blog@jumpugly Thankyou so much for the decals - they look great . Will post images when it’s done . Painting coming soon♥ 1 likeSpray rails onMarked the spray rails according to the plan then more sanding and a final coat of west system 105 epoxy . This completes construction of all the woodwork . Epoxied the shaft in at the same time as coating the…
+2♥ 15 likesTime for hardwareGetting the motor aligned took me hours ! It’s hard going and fiddly . The 29T motor will be swapped for a 21T spinning the 34mm prop. The rudder is massive overkill that comes in the kit . Was tempted to trim…
+4♥ 15 likesSanding for hours ….Today I went super aggressive with 80grit sandpaper to fair the high points in the epoxy . This was hard going ! In some areas I went through to the timber and also exposed some of the cloth before applying an…
♥ 15 likesHow do these stickers workAny advice as to how I use 50 year old Stickers ? There doesn’t seem to be an obvious peel method . I’d like to use the originals but I wonder if they are deteriorated beyond function ?
♥ 15 likesDeck goes onBelow is the deck it came with vs the deck I made without the hole for the ic engine . I cut a paper template and used a scroll saw to cut it out and shaped it down with a hand plane . I made a rear lip at the…
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+4♥ 15 likesPainting and detailsThat’s pretty much it - next is water test . Getting the motor balanced and centered is always a pain for me . I can never get it right . Any advice is welcome+2♥ 15 likesTransfer stickersPossibly the most delicate part of the build so far - applying nearly 60yo decals . No surprise they were incredibly fragile and came apart . I think I’m going to keep them though for authenticity even though …♥ 15 likesSanding fairing painting4 coats of epoxy , sanding each time to remove low spots has taken me ages ! Finally into some painting to make the boat start looking nice. Of course once painting I can see some small sanding marks that need…♥ 15 likesRe: build blog@jumpugly Thankyou so much for the decals - they look great . Will post images when it’s done . Painting coming soon♥ 1 likeSpray rails onMarked the spray rails according to the plan then more sanding and a final coat of west system 105 epoxy . This completes construction of all the woodwork . Epoxied the shaft in at the same time as coating the…+2♥ 15 likesTime for hardwareGetting the motor aligned took me hours ! It’s hard going and fiddly . The 29T motor will be swapped for a 21T spinning the 34mm prop. The rudder is massive overkill that comes in the kit . Was tempted to trim…+4♥ 15 likesSanding for hours ….Today I went super aggressive with 80grit sandpaper to fair the high points in the epoxy . This was hard going ! In some areas I went through to the timber and also exposed some of the cloth before applying an…♥ 15 likesHow do these stickers workAny advice as to how I use 50 year old Stickers ? There doesn’t seem to be an obvious peel method . I’d like to use the originals but I wonder if they are deteriorated beyond function ?♥ 15 likesDeck goes onBelow is the deck it came with vs the deck I made without the hole for the ic engine . I cut a paper template and used a scroll saw to cut it out and shaped it down with a hand plane . I made a rear lip at the…+4♥ 15 likes